We often hear about cyber activism, how people are getting more active because of the Internet.

Children had a right to be listened to, to be taken into account on issues affecting their lives and to play an active role and express their opinions in the community and in their society.

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(g) Positive action through international agencies.

(c) Positive action to promote children's rights.

Urges Governments to take active measures to

Government members actively sought the expertise and experience of NGOs and encouraged the NGO community to exercise its consultative role fully.

The Government has taken a number of additional positive steps.

Individual employers and employees are also expected to take an active approach.

To conclude, opportunities for positive change are within reach.

But we hope that you can build on those positive signs and not allow them to drift away, because I think it is that kind of continued engagement, working with trying to accentuate the positive, that stands a good chance of taking us forward.

As soon as he becomes active, he must take delivery.

Denmark sincerely hopes that those discussions will have a positive outcome.

The creation of favourable conditions requires active measures by the State.

Positive steps on peace and security were taken at the summit.

In the years following, the other stories I heard about the poor growing up were no more positive.

Evaluators reported on positive results under all of the projects.

5. The discussion revealed the importance attached to positive measures (access to markets, technology, financial resources and training, etc.), although opinions differed as to the content of those measures.

I am sure that her statement will be followed with great interest by all of us.

recommend further implementation steps and undertake active follow up

In particular, the following instances demonstrate where more initiative would have been desirable

Positive results are appearing but contributions remain modest at present.

Welcoming the positive outcome of the tenth anniversary of the Kathmandu process,

You're too keen. You're too keen. No. Hang on. Hang on.

The Sorority will continue its active partnerships with major civil and human rights organizations in an ambitious and aggressive voter empowerment program.

The mission was pleased to hear the positive assessment of MINUSTAH actions by Haitian authorities, who noted that the Mission had made important progress in this regard.

During the past year, I have striven to adopt a constructive and affirmative approach, preferring to highlight the positive and celebrate the successes, while at the same time emphasizing the need for greater achievement and more concerted efforts.

States should adopt positive measures to ensure gender equality in this regard.

Last year, it achieved an impressive economic growth rate of 20 per cent.

On the contrary, we assiduously courted foreign investment by multinational corporations irrespective of their nationality.

(b) The extent to which it is considered that the item lends itself to early and constructive action by the Council

There had been some positive developments but much remained to be done.

In the execution of its insistence upon efficiency, the Court has been dynamic and forward looking.

He distinguished between negative participation, which prevented the authorities from interfering with the free association of participation, and positive or proactive participation, whereby authorities would be required to listen regularly to citizen's groups and consult them in important decisions.

Perhaps playing an active role could be replaced by to participate actively .

He acknowledges the positive measures that have been taken to address the problems he identified in the report on his 1994 visit, particularly in respect of the torturous conditions in some remand prisons (sizos).

giving their high appraisal to the positive outcomes and social repercussions achieved in this Media Exchange Year.

(c) An increase in positive results of the implementation of the Framework for Action for transport and communications.

The positive practice is their coordination with the cantonal assemblies' commissions with the aim at carrying out joint actions.

A human rights approach can play a major positive role here if allowed to be engaged.

The Haitian Minister for Foreign Affairs has informed us about positive steps in that respect.

The United Nations should pay attention to that situation and take active measures to resolve it.

It is very important now to allow the positive momentum resulting from the evacuation of the Israeli settlements in Gaza to fade away.

Algeria was particularly encouraged by the positive results of the reform process, as confirmed in the report of the Office of the Comptroller General.